In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said: "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

"Interesting opinion piece by Christian Schneider in this week's Isthmus."

My favorite excerpt:

[2011] was a year where Madison teachers showed parents how much they valued their kids by walking out on them for a four-day sickout. Some teachers even brought their pupils down to the Capitol to help them protest. When a group of Madison East high school students were asked why they were marching on the statehouse during a school day, one young man said he was "trying to stop whatever this dude is doing."

Kim il Jong body was on parade on a Cadillac...French court ordered Google to pay a businessman 50 k because the sugestion beside his name is scamer...According to a new book , Nixon had a gay relationship with a banker...Amazon Spain is the target of a campaign against a book about the cure to homosexuality...The new vicepresident od spain under fire because she reduced her absent to a couple of day and get back to work...

edutcher, you're a genius. I opened a box at Christmas that mostly contained packing peanuts. They were water-soluble, so rather than throwing them in the trash the kids had fun watching them disintegrate in the tub. But just think if they were edible! And tasted good! There's a fortune to be made there.

Someone is "re-imaging" Jungle Book with a female lead. I believe it's being done in graphic novel format with the nubile young lady drawn in, you guessed it, mondo boobage/hips style. The fanboy rage is palpable. I mention it only to provide context for what I consider to be the quote of the day for all the blog comments I've read.

In regards to the changing of Mowgli from a boy to a girl, sonnyhooper writes:

"Any chance zenescope will get the rights to "lord of the flies" by Bill Golding? Because i'm pretty sure a story about a group of catholic school girls who get stranded on a deserted island and eventually give in to their base animalistic desires would fucking just about write itself."

Stephen Stills: Hey, man, question: I always wondered, how does not eating dairy products give you psychic powers? Todd Ingram: [rolls eyes.] Okay, you know how you only use ten percent of your brain? That's because the other 90 percent is filled with curds and whey. Kim Pine: [dismissive.] Did you learn that at vegan academy? Todd Ingram: Go ahead and get snippy, baby, but if you knew the science, maybe I'd listen to a word you're saying.

Happy birthday, Freeman. I guess I can't recommend that you get thoroughly drunk, given your current condition, but do try to have fun however you can, waddling about like you probably are. (Those last couple of weeks were hard on my wife.)

caplight 45, we have 7 grandkids 4 and under, so i know what your house looks like right now. And sounds like. And smells like. And how many trips you've made to the grocery store. And how if you don't smoke now, by the end of the week you will want to start. And how much you love them all, but how much you will soon desperately want them to go home. :-)